Subject: File No. 4-637
From: Robert Fehsinger

February 2, 2013

Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.
 
So I strongly support the SEC issuing a rule in the near future that would require publicly traded corporations to publicly disclose all their spending on political activities.

Both shareholders and the public deserve to know how much a given corporation spends on politics (directly and through intermediaries), and which candidates are being promoted or attacked.

Thank you for considering my comment.

PS I own stock in many corporations. However, although  the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people, that does not make it so. Eventually, real flesh and blood people will cause this politically motivated and ill conceived notion to be overturned. And, the sooner the better.

Sincerely,

Robert Fehsinger